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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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