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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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...

