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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
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...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

