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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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