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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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