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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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