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