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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown