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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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