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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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