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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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