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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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