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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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