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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston