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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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