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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

