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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City