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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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