One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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