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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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