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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

