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

