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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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