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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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