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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

