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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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