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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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