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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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