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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake 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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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