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