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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

