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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 don’t...

