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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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