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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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