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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown