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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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