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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

