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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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