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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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