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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

