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