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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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