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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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