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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

