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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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