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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

