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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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