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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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