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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

