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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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