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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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