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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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