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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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