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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

