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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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