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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In 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