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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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