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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

