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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

