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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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