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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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