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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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