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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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