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
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

