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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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