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 Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

