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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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