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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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