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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

