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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

