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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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