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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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