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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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