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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown