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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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