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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown