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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
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...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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