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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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