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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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