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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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