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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor 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