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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City