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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
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...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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