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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

