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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

