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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

