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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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