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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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