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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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