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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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