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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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