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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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