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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

