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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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