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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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