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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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