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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library 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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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