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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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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