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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

