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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

