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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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