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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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