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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

