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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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