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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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