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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston