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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

