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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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