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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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