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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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