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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
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...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

