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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

