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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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