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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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