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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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