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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

