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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

