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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul