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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

