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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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