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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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