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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

