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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

