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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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