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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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