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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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