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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

