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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

