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