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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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