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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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