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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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