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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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