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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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