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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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