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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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