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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

