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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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