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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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