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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston