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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
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...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City