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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

