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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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