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