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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
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...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor 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