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