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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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