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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown