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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

