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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

