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