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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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