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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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