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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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