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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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