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