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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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