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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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