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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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