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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

