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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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