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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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