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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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