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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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