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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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