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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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