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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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