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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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