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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston