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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until 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...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown