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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

