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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

