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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

