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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul