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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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