One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. Itโs 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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluthโs west end. Today, the park includes...
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

