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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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