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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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