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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

