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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

