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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

