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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston