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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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