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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

