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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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