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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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