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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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