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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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