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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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