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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

