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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

