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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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