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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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