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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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