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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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