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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

