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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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