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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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