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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

