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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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