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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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