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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

