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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

