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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

