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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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