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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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