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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

