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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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