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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston