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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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