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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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