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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

