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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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