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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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