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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
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...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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