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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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