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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
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...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

