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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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