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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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