Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Twin Cities Area
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

