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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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