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