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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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