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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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