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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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