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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
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...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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