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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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