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...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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