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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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