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...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

