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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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