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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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