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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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