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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

