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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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