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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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