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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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