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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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