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