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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

