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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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