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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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