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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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