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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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