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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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