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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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