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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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