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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

