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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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