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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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