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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston