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

