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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

