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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston