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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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