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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

