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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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