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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul