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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
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...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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