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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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