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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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