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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

