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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown