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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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