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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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