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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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