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