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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

