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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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