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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

