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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston