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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

