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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston