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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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