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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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