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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

