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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

