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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

