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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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