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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City