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