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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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