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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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