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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor 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