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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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