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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House 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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

