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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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