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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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