The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Twin Cities Area
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

