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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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