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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations 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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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