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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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