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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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