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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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