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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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