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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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