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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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