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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston