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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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