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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

