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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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