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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

