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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

