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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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