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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

