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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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