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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown