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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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 Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston