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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown