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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
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...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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