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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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