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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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