St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
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Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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