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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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