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...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown