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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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