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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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