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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

