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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
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...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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