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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

