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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston