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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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