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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown