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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

