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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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