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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

