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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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