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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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