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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston