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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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