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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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