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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
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
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul