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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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