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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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