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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

