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 Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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