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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
