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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

