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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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