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...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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