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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

