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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown