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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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