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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

