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...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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