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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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