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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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