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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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