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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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