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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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