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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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