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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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