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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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