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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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