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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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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