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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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