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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

