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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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...
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