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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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