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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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