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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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