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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

