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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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