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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

