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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown