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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
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George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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