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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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