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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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
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