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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In 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