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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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