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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

