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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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