Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Twin Cities Area
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston