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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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