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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

