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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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