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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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