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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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