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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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