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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul