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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor 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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul