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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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