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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown