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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

