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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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