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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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