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...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston