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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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