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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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