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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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