The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Twin Cities Area
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

