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...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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