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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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