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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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