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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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