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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston