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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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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