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