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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
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...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

