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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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