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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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