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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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