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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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