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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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