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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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