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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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