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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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