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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

