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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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