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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
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...
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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