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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

