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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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