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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

