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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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