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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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