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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

