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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston