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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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