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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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