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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital 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