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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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