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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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