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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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