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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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