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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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