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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown