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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

