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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

