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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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 Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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