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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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