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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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