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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

