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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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