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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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