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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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