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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston