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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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