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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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