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