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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
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...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

