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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 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...

