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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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