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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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