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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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