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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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