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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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