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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown