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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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