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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown