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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

