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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

