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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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