Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Twin Cities Area
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul