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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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