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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor 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...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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