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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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