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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion 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...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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