Twin Cities Area

The Gates of Stonebridge

In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...

Women’s City Club In St Paul

One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...

Greater Minnesota

Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library

The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...

Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye

Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...