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