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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

