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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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