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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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