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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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