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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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