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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston