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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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