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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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