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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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