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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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