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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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