St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown