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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park 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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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