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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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