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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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