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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

