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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In 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