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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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