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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

