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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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