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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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