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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
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...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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