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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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