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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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