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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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