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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

