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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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