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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston