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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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