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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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