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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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