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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

