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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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