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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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