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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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