Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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