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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown