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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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