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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

