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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

