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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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