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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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