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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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