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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown