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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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