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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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