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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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