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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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