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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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