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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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