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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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