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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

