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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City